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Title: Scouting with Daniel Boone

Author: Everett T. Tomlinson

Illustrator: Norman Rockwell

Release Date: March 10, 2010 [EBook #31590]

Language: English

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SCOUTING WITH DANIEL BOONE

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BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR

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THREE YOUNG CONTINENTALS

WASHINGTON'S YOUNG AIDS

THE BOYS OF OLD MONMOUTH

A JERSEY BOY IN THE REVOLUTION

THE RIDER OF THE BLACK HORSE

THE RED CHIEF

MARCHING AGAINST THE IROQUOIS

THE CAMP-FIRE OF MAD ANTHONY

LIGHTHORSE HARRY'S LEGION

THE YOUNG SHARPSHOOTER

TECUMSEH'S YOUNG BRAVES

THE BOY SOLDIERS OF 1812

FOUR BOYS IN THE YELLOWSTONE

FOUR BOYS IN THE YOSEMITE

WARD HILL AT WESTON

WITH FLINTLOCK AND FIFE

THE FORT IN THE FOREST

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[Illustration: "On the August air arose the reports of many rifles and
the terrifying whoops of the Indians"]

_PIONEER SCOUT SERIES_

SCOUTING WITH DANIEL BOONE

BY EVERETT T. TOMLINSON

[Illustration: Logo]

_Illustrated by_ NORMAN ROCKWELL

GARDEN CITY NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1917

_Copyright, 1914, by_
THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
_For Boys' Life_

_Copyright, 1914, by_
EVERETT T. TOMLINSON

_All rights reserved, including that of
translation into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian_

Preface

Perhaps not unnaturally in certain details there is a slight confusion
or divergence in the various works that recount the heroic deeds of
Daniel Boone. The men of that day were making history rather than
recording what they did. There is, however, a striking uniformity in all
the records as to the simple faith and almost fatalistic conviction of
Daniel Boone that he was called to be a pathfinder for the new nation in
America. His cou